Hey!Watch encode videos online
Hey!Watch is a great new web 2.0 service that lets you convert video files online. What makes it special is that it offers features that other online encoding services to not offer at the moment.
You may use the service to upload your own videos to convert the files into a large selection of different video formats, or use bookmarklets or extensions to convert videos that you have found on video hosting sites directly.
Hey!Watch supports many devices and formats including devices such as iPods, Mobiles, PDAs, PSP, Wii, Zune and video formats like Divx, DVD and SVCD. The videos that are transferred can be of any size but can't exceed a playtime of ten minutes. A list of all videos that you have transferred to Hey!Watch is available under Raw Videos in your home directory.
Clicking on Encode lets you choose a video and a format / device it should be encoded to. The approximate file size is displayed beneath the selected options.
The encoding takes place in a background process meaning you can simply turn off the computer or download more videos that you want to encode later. Encoded videos are hosted on the Hey!Watch website for 12 hours and get deleted afterwards. Downloads and encoding sessions are limited to one at a time for free users. A limit of 10 encoding sessions per month limits the free service even more.
You receive an email every time an encoding session finishes. It is also possible to subscribe to an RSS Feed that provides you with the same information.
A paid account is available which is offered for $4.99 a month. This one raises the limit of encoding sessions to 100 per month and three can be done concurrently. I personally think that the service should raise the amount of encoding sessions because ten per month does not look that great at all. Even 100 for the paid service is not that great.
As of now Hey!Watch is a great service for a quick encoding session. I think that many users will register and use it for some days and leave it when the encoding cap is reached for the month. This will probably cost them many users in the long run.
Update: The service is no longer available. Here are a couple of alternatives:
- Online Convert - Convert videos into different formats. You can upload videos from your computer or enter a video url into the form that you want to convert. The service can cut the video, change its bitrate, audio quality or frame rate in the process.
- Online Video Convert - A similar service that can turn local or online video files into different formats.
VSDC v Camstudio what is your call Martin?
I really like VSDC right now, it works just fine. Camstudio is excellent too, but my vote goes to the newcomer for now.
I’ve been pleased with the Firefox add-on, Video DownloadHelper. I haven’t had it not record anything, but then I haven’t used it for anything but FLV files. Records as mpeg4, which can be burned to DVD and played in a standard DVD player.
@interestedBystander: use it too but it’s useless for the mp2t format used by pbs frontline. GOM player does play the first few seconds captured by download helper but nothing else after that. download helper probably stops after the first packet and the stream starts to buffer as rickxs mentioned. have notified download helper peeps. still looking for a way to do this. haven’t found anything yet in the forums i’ve visited.
cheers!
just 1 problem with this method Martin ,its when the stream buffers -you capture it !
Example: Try to get ch4OD [uk] who use RTMPE — I don’t think there is a solution for this to download to the PC , I live outside the UK & use Mediahint & watch it though another stream other than CH4 , they don’t even let you buffer ahead ,you click pause & it stops any data build up,so buffering is prevalent enough to be unwatchable
Been using camtasia for awhile now and works just good for me but it is always good to have options though.. nice find.
Nhick
Nice software !! But I will prefer camstudio!!
You might try acethinker screen grabber, free as camstudio. I always use it to capture stream video. It worked pretty well all the time.
How about recording a live streaming video when viewed in full screen mode? This article has no mention for that mode.
It supports full screen as well, but I have not tested it in games or apps that do not display window borders.
How about recording a stream from say, Hulu, or Netflix, or a studio such as ABC, or Fox? Can these be recorded as well?
I’m not aware of any limits.
”How about recording a stream from say, Hulu, or Netflix, or a studio such as ABC, or Fox? Can these be recorded as well?” Karl
if you can play it — it will record it ,your problem will be your IP address
ie.what they allow to view from other countries
Looks nice. But I find their website a little, well, suspicious. I have no strong basis for that. But there are no names of the people involved. Not even where they are located. No userforum. They have what looks to be pretty advanced products for free. How is that possible economically?
Be wary. Your instinct is correct. The file I tried to download for camstuido was actually a disguised artemis trojan virus. I have flagged this site as unsafe and urge you to do the same.
For me everytime I try it gives a “statsfile not found” error
Is there a way to record live streaming video and have it start and stop (on a timer) during a certain time of day when I am not at my computer?
I went to the link you have here for camstudio and attempted to download the free version 2.7 and it was actually a disguised trojan virus that I downloaded, it was labelled as camstudio.exe however McAfee identified it as Artemis trojan malware/spyware. Therefore I assume the site is bunk and I will block it and identify your site as unsafe
Hi Erin, McAfee is wrong. CamStudio is not a trojan but ships with something that is called Install Core which integrates third-party offers into installers.
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/adware-and-puas/Install%20Core/detailed-analysis.aspx
Do you also identify Google, or whichever service you are using to search, as unsafe if they link to the site?
https://www.google.com/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=iw4wV7bWMuba8Afo4rzIBA&gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=camstudio
Audio does not record – only option is microphone – really dumb!
If i download and use Camtudio: My ehm… laptop crashes…. :(
thats good service i’ish all of you to join it
I’ve just install the software and no problem recording but the audio does not record any solution to get round this issue.
no, all of these screen recorders have the same problem, they don’t record audio. they just don’t tell you that beforehand.
This program does not work at all. No matter what I do, it tells me it can’t record because the settings are wrong. I’ve tried with the default, I’ve tried adjusting settings, nothing works. It simply will not record. On top of that, the audio is set by default to “do not record audio” and there is NO alternative. Piece of junk program.
That is strange. I just checked again and the program works fine on my system. Have you tried updating video card drivers?
Thanks, VSDC Free Screen Recorder works well for me. BTW, I find the video downloader AnyVid video downloader is capable of downloading streaming videos from websites. It saves time but it could not record video chat.
I have tried several solutions to record streaming videos but there are three solutions which worked for me every time. Applications like camstudio and ScreenRec are the right option to go with when it comes to recording streaming videos. In order to record streaming videos ScreenRec also provides cloud storage to access recorded videos anytime you want.